For many years, JavaScript had a bad reputation among developers. Sure, we would use it when we needed to do something dynamic in the browser, but we also would avoid it as much as possible. As I (and ...

When discussing CoffeeScript, you need to keep in mind that it is not a replacement for JavaScript. CoffeeScript is a "JavaScript generator." Your browser doesn't ...

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CoffeeScript is a programming language whose syntax is clearly designed to match much of Python (with additional inspirations from Perl, ECMAScript, Ruby, etc.). But most documentation for learning ...

JavaScript, the object scripting language is one of the most widely used languages. According to this survey, JavaScript clinched the #1 position as the top language in 2018. Both languages, ...

CoffeeScript, a simple languages that compiles to JavaScript and aims to make web developers’ lives easier, has just moved to a second major release, one that emphasizes syntax improvements.

Javascript has a bad reputation of being a flaky scripting language, because let’s face it, that’s exactly how it started out. There are a number of let’s say, quirks, in the language that make most ...